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Coarseness |
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Coarseness Billingsgate site of a London fishmarket, known for foul and abusive language. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 106] Evelina’s rude, coarse cousins. [Br. Lit.: Evelina] vulgar aristocrat. [Br. Lit.: Vanity Fair] naughty, balloon-headed children. [Am. Lit.: Goops and How To Be Them, Hart, 323] early form of man, Caucasoid and strongly built. [Anthropology: NCE, 1900] vulgar, lecherous nobleman. [Aust. Opera: R. Strauss, Rosenkavalier, Westerman, 423–425] “he expectorates vehemently” [Am. Lit.: At Home and Abroad, Hart, 655] prostitute with vitriolic vocabulary. [Br. Lit.: II Henry IV] race of uncivilized cave dwellers. [Gk. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1103] symbolizes bad manners and rudeness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178] loutish, abusive brutes in shape of men. [Br. Lit.: Gulliver’s Travels] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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